A basic run-down of the difference between astrologers and psychics (from professionals in each field) and why they feel neither practice lords over the other.

When you put your future in the hands of a psychic or astrologist, maybe it is.

But there's a big difference between the two types of supernatural soothsayers, and, trust us, they don't like you getting them confused.

"An astrologer uses a horoscope (a chart of the location of the sun, moon, and planets) based on the precise date, time, and location of the native's birth and/or a "Horary" chart cast for the moment of the question," says astrologer Shelley Ackerman, a columnist for The Aesthete.

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Meanwhile, veteran psychic Marie Mannino says as an intuitive psychic and medium, "I start out centering myself prior to the reading and meditating a little bit and I always start with a prayer and I ask for guidance through God and through my guides so I work from a pretty high source." Mannino says she is also clairvoyant and interprets things through sounds, feelings, and intuition...as one does.

"Even if you don't know me, I am kind of a sounding board for what the soul wants," Mannino says.

So who wins in the battle of the supernatural? Obvi each thinks their way is best.

"I think because astrology is more of a science and it's a planetary alignment, if the planets move in another direction, things can change. But with psychics, we see what is going on the past, present, and future," says Mannino. "I always let my clients know they have free will and they can change anything."

"Psychics can be extremely vague and approximate," says Ackerman. "Astrology describes the past, present, and future as well. And astrology is somewhat scientific—it combines myth and math."